brian_taylor15•2d agoProlific Poster

Can we talk about how some old school site supervisors just flat out refuse to use project management apps?

I was on a job site in Austin last month and the general superintendent, a guy named Rick, told me he'd rather use a paper Logbook and a flip phone than touch Procore. He said he's been building houses for 32 years and 'no app is gonna tell me how to run a crew.' I get being set in your ways but it's frustrating when the whole team has to work around one guy. Has anyone else had to deal with a senior guy who just won't adapt to even basic construction tech?

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wells.christopher2d ago

That Rick sounds exactly like a super I worked with in Phoenix named Bud. He had 40 years in the trade and would write his daily logs on the back of old invoices with a carpenter's pencil. We had a younger guy named Trevor who basically had to shadow Bud and type everything into the tablet for him. It's tough because you can't argue with that kind of experience, but it really does slow everybody down when one person won't meet the rest of the team halfway.

jessem592d ago

... and this guy Rick sounds exactly like a super I dealt with in Dallas named Gary. He had a flip phone that he literally carried in a leather belt clip case, and when we tried to get him on a basic scheduling app he said "I got a pencil in my truck, that's my app." We ended up having to have a younger foreman follow him around and type his updates into the system for him. The worst part was he was actually a damn good carpenter, just refused to touch anything with a screen bigger than his wallet.

kai_chen22d ago

Haha thats hilarious but also kinda sad at the same time. Good carpenters are hard to find and here they are wasting them babysitting a flip phone.